About Me – Marchant Barron

Photo of Marchant on the bridge at Westonbirt Arboretum.

“Do you know how many words I have in my head to share with the world when it is ready to listen?”

I love words: they swim in my head and only surface when I write on my letter board.

I have written poetry all my life but the exhibition at Westonbirt was the first time it was seen publicly. I studied Creative Writing at Bath Spa University. I received the Group Project Prize in my first year for a collection of children’s poetry, the Les Arnold prize for the top 2nd Year Student and the Alumni Prize for Excellence. I graduated with a First Class Honours degree in 2020.

I was very fortunate to go to Bristol Grammar School who embraced me as a student and honoured me to award a yearly prize after I left: The Marchant Barron Prize in Creative Writing.

To find out more about me, please see this link to an article in the BGS magazine.

To make my life work, I have a team of supporters and friends: “Team Marchant” is how I love, live and learn.

Marchant and his assistance dog, Ted.
Team Marchant dressed as pirates
Team Marchant at Christmas
Marchant and his assistance dog, Ted.
 
Team Marchant dressed as pirates
Team Marchant at Christmas
Marchant and his assistance dog, Ted.
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